Vaires-sur-Marne | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Adjustable Map: | Map commune FR insee code 77479.png |
Coordinates: | 48.8667°N 2.65°W |
Insee: | 77479 |
Postal Code: | 77360 |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Vaires-sur-Marne.svg |
Image Coat Of Arms Size: | 80px |
Arrondissement: | Torcy |
Canton: | Villeparisis |
Mayor: | Edmonde Jardin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
Demonym: | Vairois |
Elevation Min M: | 38 |
Elevation Max M: | 52 |
Area Km2: | 6.02 |
Vaires-sur-Marne (in French pronounced as /vɛːʁ syʁ maʁn/;) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France.
Vaires-sur-Marne is at the western end of the LGV Est high-speed railway, reaching Vendenheim (near Strasbourg) in the east. Vaires–Torcy station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris. It was spectacularly blown up in John Frankenheimer's 1964 film The Train.
It is one of the venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Inhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are called Vairois (masculine) and Vairoises (feminine) in French.